Parents' perceptions of the foundational and emergent benefits of residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities.

Purpose: To examine parents' views of the benefits of residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities.

Method: Three- and 12-month post-session interviews were held with ten parents of youth with disabilities who had attended one of three residential immersive life skills programs in one of three years of data collection. A deductive thematic analysis was conducted to describe the types of benefits reported by parents.

Exploring the after-hours social experiences of youth with disabilities in residential immersive life skills programs: a photo elicitation study.

Purpose: This study explored the meaning of the after-hours social experiences of youth with disabilities in a residential life skills program. After-hours experiences occur outside of formal program hours, primarily in the evenings.

Method: Five youth with cerebral palsy (three females) participated in an exploratory photo elicitation study while attending one of two residential immersive life skills programs.